Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Exploring Socio-Variational Patterns in Indian Adolescents Lexical Diversity: Insights for Education Subject The topic of the resource adolescents; lexical diversity; social class; socio-variationist research Description An account of the resource Following the COVID-19 pandemic, vast data emerged regarding the plummeting literacy and readability levels among Indian adolescents, posing a challenge to address in its present condition of a vastly heterogeneous socio-demographic environment. This study is grounded in Bourdieu and Passeron's (1977) theory, which acknowledges schools as places with societal relevance that perpetuate social inequality. This implies the need to formulate robust policies to address educational inequalities. To this extent, the researchers used an exploratory design to evaluate lexical diversity by purposively sampling 100 volunteer teenagers across three schools. In addition to the data received from school officials, survey questionnaires collected socio-economic information (age, gender, area of stay, socio-economic scale [SES], and school type). The authors used the Kuppuswamy SES scale (2022) to determine socio-economic scale measures, as well as the calculation of Lexical Diversity scores through the computational open-source software TextElixir. The findings reveal that age and gender do not affect lexical diversity. However, school type, SES, and area of stay significantly affect adolescents from the lower social class, who need targeted interventions to bridge gaps of educational inequity. This study addresses the limitations of previous correlational studies by offering educational insights to ensure educational equity amidst prevalent social class inequalities. Authors. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Parandhama A.; Babu K.S. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research, Vol-22, No. 8, pp. 325-357. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Society for Research and Knowledge Management Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2023-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.26803/ijlter.22.8.18" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.26803/ijlter.22.8.18</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85173440997&amp;doi=10.26803%2Fijlter.22.8.18&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=550832ea520d1db4a00a9a064abbc3a3" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85173440997&amp;doi=10.26803%2fijlter.22.8.18&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=550832ea520d1db4a00a9a064abbc3a3</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Open Access; Hybrid Gold Open Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 16942116 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Parandhama A., CHRIST (Deemed to be) University, Bangalore, India; Babu K.S., CHRIST (Deemed to be) University, Bangalore, India